The report describes the status of several bills in Congress on the following topics: a requirement of specific Congressional authorization for any overt aid to any faction in Angola, a request for $18 million in military aid to Zaire, and efforts to repeal the Byrd Amendment that created a loophole in sanctions against Rhodesia allowing imports of chrome. It also provides brief updates about recruitment of mercenaries for Angola in the United States and a request by the Fluor Corporation for $225 million in Export-Import Bank credits to finance part of an operation to convert coal into oil in South Africa.